Early childhood education at Wellington Zoo

Wellington Zoo’s new early
childhood programme, started with a roar this Friday 25
July.

Designed for children aged 18 months – 3 years,
Wild Start is exclusively available to Wellington Zoo Crew
members, and utilises play-based and interactive learning
sessions to help toddlers celebrate the wonder of
animals.

“Wild Start is a newly developed learning
programme that we’re really proud of. It’s important to
connect kids with animals from an early age, and this
programme is all about encouraging young children to explore
the natural world around them,” said Lynn Allan,
Wellington Zoo Learning Manager.

Led by Zoo Educators,
each Wild Start session is unique. Activities in Term 3
include meeting and touching some of Wellington Zoo’s
special contact animals, helping to prepare animal
enrichment, and participating in nature-based story-telling,
music and dancing.

Wellington Zoo is New Zealand's first Zoo,
established in 1906, and is Wellington’s oldest
conservation organisation. Home to over 500 native and
exotic animals, Wellington Zoo became a charitable trust in
2003.

Wellington Zoo became the world’s first carboNZero
certified zoo in May 2013.

Wellington Zoo is an accredited
member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia and a
member of the World Association of Zoos and
Aquariums.

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